Oversight of District Operations Work Plan

Prepared by Dennis Picker
9/20/04

1. Results to be achieved
   1. Ensure that District is managed in a systematic way that delivers expected outcomes in a timely way
   2. Timely review of key aspects of District operations
   3. Remediation or re-evaluation of targets when targets are missed
   4. Evaluate Superintendent against objective criteria

2. Relationship to other SC or District goals
   1. School Committee oversight of teaching, learning, curriculum development and professional development (this goal also addresses aspects of managing District by goals)

3. Milestone events and dates
   1. Transportation review: revenue, schedule, satisfaction: 9/16/04
   2. After-school Athletics review: revenue, enrollment, costs, financial aid: 10/14/04
   3. LASMP review: revenue, enrollment, costs, financial aid: 10/14/04
   4. SPED projections for program participation and services vs. actuals: 11/18/04
   5. Spending reviews:
      10/14/04
      12/16/04(to coincide with voting the FY06 budget)
      3/10/04
      5/25/05
      6/23/05
   6. Town Meeting Warrant item (capital and expense) status reviews:
      9/16/04
      12/16/04(to coincide with voting the FY06 budget)
      3/10/05
   7. Status report on leadership structure at Lincoln school:
      11/18/04, or 12/2/04 or 12/16/04
   8. District enrollment update:
      7/7/04
      9/16/04
      12/16/04 (to coincide with voting the FY06 budget)
      6/8/05
   9. Review Hanscom facilities plan: 10/14/04
   10. Evaluate performance of Superintendent:
       1/27/05- distribute materials to SC members
       3/10/05- discuss and adopt evaluation
   11. Review workplans for achieving district goals:
       Review district workplans:
       Strategic plan, SPED evaluation, Technology plan- 9/30/04
       Middle school improvement- 10/28/04

       Review school improvement plans:
       Hanscom primary and middle- 10/14/04
       Lincoln-10/28/04

       Receive full set of district workplans, schedule future discussion as needed: 10/14/04

   12. Evaluate progress of district workplans
       Mid year review- 1/27/05
       End year review- 5/25/05
   13. Adopt FY06 district goals
       Initial discussion: 5/12/05
       Second discussion: 5/26/05
       Adopt: 6/8/05

4. People and resources involved
   1. School Committee members
   2. Central office and school administrative teams
   3. No subcommittees directly involved in this workplan

5. Assessment criteria
   1. Ensure that District is managed in a systematic way
      • Were the workplans for district goals reviewed as scheduled?
      • Were the mid-year and end-year status review of goals conducted as planned?
      • Were the goals for FY06 discussed and adopted as planned?
   2. Timely review of key aspects of District operations
      • Did the various milestone reviews described in this plan occur as scheduled and with appropriate content?
      • Were corrective actions taken?
   3. Evaluate Superintendent against established criteria
      • Was a written evaluation presented at a public meeting, and was it objective, and did it follow criteria established in advance?